Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA

"To get it, or not to get it?That is the question."

If you like high speed racing games,this game is for you.It's really a cross between Rally Cross for playstation and SanFranCisco Rush for Nintendo 64,but adds better,and more features.In starting the game has a great presentation and looks appealing to anyone who likes fun,with it's high speed cars cars,huge jumps,and incredably fun short-cuts on 10 brand new tracks.That should get you right out the door to rent this game,which is one good move.After that the first thing you see when you turn it on is the opening of course,also appealing.It has the same options as the first "Rush" game,which is kind of dissapointing but doesn't really change a thing.Next is track selection,what fun!In this "Rush" game you can get 10 tracks,and instead of putting in codes like in regular "Rush" you change anything you want at the track screen,you can pick the fog color,backwards,mirrored,or both if you want.And a great feature compared to the regular game,you can go all across the US.And the game also features GREAT new inovative tracks like "STUNT" , "CRASH" ,and "HALFPIPE" .Those are probably one of the best things in the game.The "STUNT" corse has 2 flors,a plateau,and MANY ramps and bumps.In addition to doing the one of the funnest things in videogame history,flipping,you get points for it! It shows you highest point total on one trick and your total number of points too.Next is the relly fun part,CARS!!! You can pick from 16 CARS!!!! And if your good enough you can earn more,here's how:

4 keys: Taxi

6 keys: Hotrod

8 keys: Formula

12 keys: Prototype

4 Mountain Dew cans: Mountain Dew Dragster

A total of 21 CARS!!! I have all of them on the Crash corse,which is easy to say the easiest corse to get the keys.In addition to picking from 21 cars,you get car options,such as,horns,rims,tires,engines,tork,main color,accent color,stripe or no stripe,stripe color,what knid of stripe,and more! After you get your car,the REAL fun beggins,RACE TIME!!! The game features many different roads,no pop-up crap (very good) ,and realistic inviorments.What's even funner,owning a steering wheel,like me.It is so fun you could go at it for hours and ignore everything.Never the less the game still has it's bad sides, leaving to many skidmarks,to easily dentable cars,hard to see some two player races on certain corses,no real names of cars-made up ones,and boredom, a games worst fear.Don't let it scare you to much it does get boring but only if repetative and irritating things happen,like crashing to the same stuff,but even still,I know two words that will change that bored attitude,... CHEAT MENUE!!!! YES ! If you want to have unlimited fun go to any internet code site and get codes,there GREAT. A total of 27,I can activate all of them but one,I just guess the buttons and turn them on,but one I just can't do,no problem,it sounds lame anyway.

So overall if your looking for a game with the potential to keep you locked away in your room playing n64 for HOURS,this one will do it.The answer.........To get it :-)

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 11/01/99, Updated 11/01/99